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Alternate Instructions for 64 bit versions of Excel (click link or see bottom of page)
To load parts into System Five using a Microsoft Excel file (.xls) perform the following:
1. Note where your Excel .xls file is located and create an ODBC connection to that file
Click the ODBC admin button picture
Choose to create a new data source using the MS Excel Driver
Give it a Data source name, the description is optional and then select your Excel workbook
Browse for the Excel File
Once selected, perform your ODBC partload by selecting your ODBC Data source name for the Excel file. Also note that you may need to enter in the SQL statement for loading the items for sheet1
SELECT * FROM “Sheet1$” (Where sheet1$ is the name of sheet one. It may be called something else)
When using Excel to enter a multi-line comment in an Excel cell, you can press Alt-Enter to get a new line. Then, the comment can be continued on the next line.
You need to use this ODBC load to data load a sheet with multi-line comments. A CSV multi-line comment data load will give you garbage.
You can create an amalgamation of Excel cells to create a multi-line comment cell before importing.
If B2, C2, and D2 contained Note1, Note2, and Note3, in E2 enter this formula:
=B2 & CHAR(10) & C2 & CHAR(10) & D2
The CHAR(10) character acts a newline character, which System Five will recognize as a new line in the comment box.
Alternate Instructions for 64 bit versions of Excel